As Yinglong and the others spoke, the Shadow Warrior moved. It turned into a black streak and sped across the ground, crossing nearly a hundred meters in the blink of an eye before arriving beneath Tengshe, who was closest.
"Die!"
As the Shadow Warrior let out a muffled voice, its body appeared directly behind Tengshe. Both hands gripping its blade stabbed fiercely toward her!
At such close range, ordinary shinobi would have had no time to react.
But Tengshe was clearly no ordinary shinobi. Her body twisted in an eerie manner, moving in ways no human body should, like a soft, flexible snake...
The Shadow Warrior was evidently startled as well. It had thought its attack would succeed, yet it narrowly missed Tengshe's body by a hair, allowing her to evade its Shadow Blade.
"Get lost!"
Tengshe snapped angrily. A massive shockwave burst from her body, instantly blasting the nearby Shadow Warrior away.
It slid across the ground for dozens of meters before barely coming to a stop.
"Interesting!"
Seeing this, Suzaku immediately said with interest, "Tengshe, leave this one to me!"
Tengshe glanced at Suzaku and merely nodded.
Suzaku chuckled before charging toward the Shadow Warrior.
Suddenly, the sound of another blade leaving its sheath rang out. A figure flashed past Tengshe at high speed, leaving a faint bloody mark across her neck.
"Damn it, it almost slit my throat!"
Tengshe spoke in a furious panic. She had never expected that a momentary lapse in concentration would allow the hidden enemy to ambush her.
If her reaction had been even slightly slower, she would have suffered the same fate as Blood Leech!
"Are you all right?"
Yinglong asked Tengshe.
"The hidden enemy is incredibly fast. We can barely catch sight of him!"
Tengshe first shook her head, then spoke